Dudu Paraíba real name Carlos Eduardo de Souza Tomé (born 11 March 1985 in Mari, Paraiba

Paraíba

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) is a Brazilian footballer

Football in Brazil

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, currently playing for Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 club Widzew Łódź.

Career

Dudu started his career at Botafogo (PB)

Botafogo Futebol Clube (PB)

Botafogo Futebol Clube, usually known as Botafogo, or as Botafogo da Paraíba, is a Brazilian football club from João Pessoa, Paraíba state.-History:...

 and moved to Vitória (BA)

Esporte Clube Vitória

Esporte Clube Vitória, usually known simply as Vitória, is a Brazilian football team from Salvador in Bahia, founded on May 13, 1899.Vitória's home games are played at the club's own stadium . They play in red and black horizontal striped shirts, black shorts and black socks...

 in April 2002, where he signed his first professional contract in April 2005.
In January 2007 he was loaned to Avaí

Avaí Futebol Clube

Avaí Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football team from Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, founded on September 1, 1923. Their best known supporter is tennis player Gustavo Kuerten.Their home stadium is the Ressacada stadium, with a capacity 17,800...

, but 3 months later he was sold to Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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n club Marek Dupnitsa.

After another 3 months he left the club for Litex Lovech

PFC Litex Lovech

PFC Litex Lovech or simply Litex is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Lovech, which currently competes in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, the top division of Bulgarian football...

, where he played one and a half years, before being released in January 2009.

On 29 July 2009, he signed a contract with Polish club Widzew Łódź.

In the 2010-11 season of the Polish Ekstraklasa he was the player with the most goal assists in the entire league.